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FIRE ESCAPE.

NITED STATES ALBREOHT VOGT, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

FIRE-ESCAPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,386, dated May 8, 1883,

Application filed March 5,1883. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBRECHT Voer, of Rochester, Monroe county,New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fire-Escapes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view ot' a fire-escape, showing'xny improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan of the belt detached. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the friction-block detached. Fig. et is a flat view of a portion of the belt, showing the cord connected therewith on an enlarged scale.

My improvement relates to that class of tireescapes in which a cord extends from the window or other place of Vescape to the ground. A friction-block slides upon the cord, and a belt is attached t0 the block, which belt is fastened to the person descending, who, by means of suitable appliances, can regulate his descent.

The invention consists, in addition to passing the cord through the friction-block in zigzag manner, (by which a certain amount of friction is produced to retard the descent,) in passing the said cord around the outside of the belt through suitable eyes or guides, and finally through a ring atthe end of the belt, where it comes in convenient position for the hand of the operator, who, by holding the cord in one hand, can regulate the descent exactly as desired.

In the drawings, A shows the cord,which,at itsupper end, is attached to the window or any other point of escape, the lower end extending to the ground. This cord is preferably made of raw silk, as by the use of this material great strength can be secured with very small size, and the whole apparatus constituting the fire-escape can be packed in small compass and carried readily in a satchel or trunk, If desirel, however, cords of other material may be use B is a block made of wood,having two transverse holes or passages, c ci, made through it, through which the cord passes in zigzag form, as shown in the sectional view Fig. 3. When weight is attached, the block slides down over the cord, and in doing so produces a certain amount of friction to retard the descent.

O is a leather connection, attached to the l block, consisting oi' a strap, b, which encircles the-block,and is attach ed fastthereto, a leather loop, c, riveted to the strap and hanging below the block, and aleather billet, d, having` an iron ring, j, at each end, one of which Irests` in the loop c and the other forms the attachment for thebelt.

I) is the belt, made ofstrong webbing, leather, or any other suitable material. At one end it has a loop or eye, g, attached fast to the lower ring,f, and at the other end it has a snaphook1 h, bywhich it may alsobe connected with the ring after having passed around the person who is to descend. The most convenient way is for the person to sit in the loop ofthe belt;

but, if desired, the belt may be fastened around the waist. v

t' i are a series ofloops or bearings attached to the outside of the belt at suitable intervals apart, and 7c is a ring at the snap end of the belt.. The cord A, after leaving the frictionblock, passes down through the loops or bear ings t i, and extends around the outside of the belt, passes through the ring 7s, and then, mak- .ing a sharp turn downward, extends to the ground, as before described.

A great variety ot' lire-escapes, with friction-V attachments for regulating the descent, and with belts for passing around'the person, are known. A distinguishing featuie of my invention is the combination of the friction-block, through which the cord passes, and the belt with the cord passing around it; also, the construction ofthe belt with exterior loops or bearings, a-nd a ring at its end, with the cord pass ing around the belt and through the loops and ring, as before described. By this means the person can sit in the loop of the belt, and the cord, after passing the ring in the belt, comes within convenient `reach of the hand ofthe opcrator, who, by making a sharp bend of the cord, can graduate his descent with but slight tension on the cord. AIt `obviates the expensive and complicated attachments now in use for zigzag form, and a belt attached to the block,

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loops or bearings and escaping through a ring at the attaching end of the belt, the Whole combined and arranged to operate in the manner 15 and -for the purpose speciled.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBREGHT VOGT.

Witnesses: ADELBERT GRoNIsE, R. F. Oscoop. 

